The Vatican Pinakothek

• Address: 00120, Vatican City
• Date of collection: 18th century
• Opening: March 19, 1908
• Opening hours: 9.00 - 17.00, Sunday - closed

At all times the Vatican has been and remains a city that attracts attention with its unusual, unique, interesting history. In it you can find many amazing places in which you want to visit. One of such places is the main attraction of Vatican City - Pinakothek.

Here you can enjoy the beauty and genius of art, which was valuable in different historical epochs. Pinakothek amazes with the number of exhibits and authors who created them once, of course, you will not be able to remember everything seen, but this is secondary, in comparison with the scale of the upcoming action. Vatican Pinakothek will help you to plunge into the world of aesthetics and true harmony, which gives genuine art.

On the meaning of the word "Pinakothek"

Let's find out what is the meaning of the word Pinakothek. It was customary for the ancient Greeks to call the collection of paintings brought to the goddess Athena as a gift. The ancient Romans used this word to name rooms in which art objects were kept. In the Renaissance, picture collections became known as picture collections accessible to the public.

By 1932 the collection of paintings numbered about 120 exhibits and it was decided to build another building in the Vatican Park, which would be a repository for them. The architect, who built one of the most beautiful buildings in Rome, became Beltrami. To date, the museum exhibited about 500 paintings, arranged in the order in which they were written.

In our time, the Pinakothek and the Picture Gallery are identical concepts. Perhaps, therefore, the Pinakothek in the Vatican is a gigantic collection of paintings on the religious themes of authors of different eras.

Amazing halls of the Pinakothek

Exhibits Pinakothek in the Vatican are impressive not only for their extraordinary beauty, but also impressive value. Some pictures experts estimate in millions euro. The canvases are carefully kept in chronological order in 18 halls of the Pinakothek.

1. The most valuable canvases are stored in the first hall. Here you can admire the works of Venetiano, Bologna, Giovanni and Nicolo.
2. The second room is occupied with the works of Giotto and his students, adherents of the Gothic style and its various images.
3. Artist Beato Angelico, wrote many paintings depicting the life and deeds of St. Nicholas. This author and his works are devoted to the next room.
4. You can see the frescoes of Melozzo in the fourth room. On them the author skillfully depicted the angels, who evoke the warmest and brightest feelings among those who watch.
5. The next room will please visitors with the works of famous Cranach and Lucas the Elder.
6. Two subsequent halls have collected a collection of works of the Ubirsk school, the most vivid representative of which is Kriveli. Interesting are the works of his like-minded people, also represented in these halls.
7. Raphael's dizzying works are collected in the eighth hall. Studying the paintings, it is impossible not to note how gifted the painter was the author, and his works are so different from each other and always unique.
8. Plots from the bible, portraits, icons are carefully kept in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth halls of the Pinakothek.
9. We will also speak of the seventeenth hall that brought together Bernini's works, on most of which he depicted angels.

How to visit?

To get to the Vatican Pinakothek, it is necessary to take into account a number of important features. Firstly, clothes should be chaste and not attracting attention. If you wear a top with a short sleeve, a mini skirt, shorts, then it's unlikely that you will be allowed to go inside. Secondly, hand luggage should not be bulky and contain stabbing and cutting objects and articles made of glass.

Vatican Pinakothek is part of the complex of Vatican museums and you can take a guided tour by public transport: buses, trams, metro. For those who are not used to the bustle of urban transport, there are taxi services. Metro lovers should board a train at any station on line A and exit at a place called Musei Vaticani. Tourists who decided to get to the Pinakothek by bus, know that the buses you need will take the route you need: 32, 49, 81, 492, 982, 990. Those who want to go by tram, expect number 19. In addition, you can stop a taxi or call a car to any of the city's hotels. When you find yourself on the spot, keep moving straight ahead and find yourself next to the museum's ticket offices, circle them, go up the stairs, and turn right.

Opening hours of the Vatican's Pinakothek

Vatican Pinakothek meets visitors from Monday to Saturday between 9.00 am and 6.00 pm. Cash desks work at 4 pm, take this into account so as not to waste time. In the morning, the museum has a lot of tourists, so if you want to enjoy the collection in a more cozy atmosphere, it's better to come in the afternoon. The ticket costs 16 euros, but on the last Sundays of any of the months you can go to the pinnacle without paying fees. Benefits can be used by students and pensioners, for them the ticket will cost exactly half cheaper.